exuberant
adjEtymology
From Middle French exubérant, from Latin exūberāns, the present active participle of exūberō (“be abundant”). Put together from ex (“out”), and uber (“udder”), and originally would have referred to a cow or she-goat which was making so much milk that it naturally dripped or sprayed from the udder.
Definitions
Very cheery and peppy
Very cheery and peppy; extremely cheerful, energetic and enthusiastic.
- exuberant feeling
- He was a man of exuberant fancy, and, withal of an authority so irresistible that, at his will, he turned his varied fancies into facts.
- She was a tall, earthy, exuberant girl with long hair and a pretty face.
Abundant, luxuriant.
- exuberant foliage
- It pencilled each flower with rich and variegated hues, and threw over its exuberant foliage a vesture of emerald green.
- The County Architect's Department is starting to pleach trees to open up these vistas, now almost hidden by the exuberant growth.
Unusually proliferative, widespread or extreme, particularly in relation to a disease,…
Unusually proliferative, widespread or extreme, particularly in relation to a disease, immune reaction, or tissue
The neighborhood
- neighborexuberance
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at exuberant. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at exuberant. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
10 hops · closes at exuberant
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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